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Untitled 21 Nov 2011 | 08:35 am
Jozi’s green spaces impressive 2011-11-20 17:30 – Yolandi Groenewald – Johannesburg – Johannesburg has a reputation for being the world’s biggest manmade forest, boasting more than 10 million trees. ...
Apies River declared a disaster area 11 Nov 2011 | 10:08 pm
2011-11-09 19:59 – Cape Town – The department of water affairs on Wednesday declared the Apies River north of Pretoria, a disaster area. A large quantity of raw sewage has been pouring into the river,...
Snowfall ends, weather to clear 27 Jul 2011 | 11:34 pm
a rare sight of thick snow in SA 2011-07-27 10:06 – Johannesburg – The snowfall which caused major road closures across the country is over and skies will start clearing soon, a forecaster said on We...
Ekurhuleni water gets award 22 Jul 2011 | 07:38 pm
2011-07-21 18:59 – Johannesburg – The Ekurhuleni Municipality has received a cum laude award for the management of its drinking water, its spokesperson said on Thursday. “The minister of water and env...
Water cuts for non-paying residents 21 Jul 2011 | 05:37 am
jojo tanks used for a rainwater harvesting system 2011-07-19 20:33 – Bloemfontein – Mangaung Municipality will disconnect the water supply to residents who are behind in paying their accounts, it sai...
Sewage works ‘disaster waiting to happen’ 3 Jul 2011 | 05:32 am
2011-07-01 22:16 – Johannesburg – South Africa’s sewage works are a disaster waiting to happen, trade union Uasa said on Friday. “The shocking state of the country’s waste water treatment plants [are]...
Joburg ‘safe’ from acid mine water – study 28 Jun 2011 | 07:33 am
Jun 27 2011 18:13 Sapa Cape Town – There is no risk of acid mine water flooding the deep basements of high-rise buildings in the Johannesburg central business district, according to a geo-technical ri...
Dirty water for many parts of SA 28 Mar 2011 | 09:42 pm
2011-03-27 18:42 – Mariechen Waldner, City Press – Johannesburg – More than one third of 231 local municipalities do not have the capacity to perform their sanitation functions, a new study by the C...
Acid mine water affects 4 provinces 28 Mar 2011 | 06:23 am
the mine shaft at Gold Reef City 2011-03-24 18:01 – Johannesburg – The acid mine water problem affects small parts of the North West, the Free State and the Northern Cape in addition to Gauteng, the ...
Union urges action on water charges 22 Feb 2011 | 08:35 am
a 5000L JOJO water tank with some of the components that make up our rainwater harvesting system 2011-02-21 20:29 – Cape Town – Agricultural union TAU SA is to report the SA Police Service (SAPS) to ...
